2018–19 CEC Bank SuperLiga
Countries Romania
Date8 September 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsȘtiința Baia Mare (6th title)[1]
Runners-upCSA Steaua București
Top point scorerRomania Luke Samoa (Timișoara Saracens)
163 points[2]
Top try scorerTonga Taliaʻuli Sikuea (CSM Baia Mare)
13 tries[3]
Official website
www.super-liga.ro

The 2018–19 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 105th season of premier club rugby in Romania. Starting with this edition the number of participating teams is increased to eight, with addition of the 2017–18 champions and runners-up of the second tier championship DNS - Divizia Nationala de Seniori.[4] The eventual champions of the SuperLiga which are CSM Știința Baia Mare have the right to participate in the European Rugby Continental Shield and no team will relegate to the Divizia Națională de Seniori, Romania's 2nd level rugby union competition as CS Năvodari didn't apply to play in the SuperLiga next season.

Teams

Club City/County Stadium Capacity Head Coach Captain
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT Timișoara, Timiș Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
Dan Păltinișanu		 1,000
32,972		 New Zealand Sosene Anesi Romania Eugen Căpățână
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
Cluj Arena		 1,000
31,479		 Romania Horea Hîmpea Romania Vlad Tomă
CSA Steaua București București Stadionul Ghencea II 2,000 Romania Dănuț Dumbravă Romania Viorel Lucaci
CS Dinamo București București Florea Dumitrache 1,500 Romania Cristian Hîldan Romania Cosmin Manole
CSM Știința Baia Mare Baia Mare, Maramureș Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) 1,000 Argentina Mario Alejandro Canale Romania Marius Dănilă
CSM București București Stadionul Olimpia 1,000 Georgia (country) Lasha Tavartkiladze Romania Adrian Ion
ACS Tomitanii Constanța Constanța, Constanța Stadionul Mihail Naca 1,000 Romania Cosmin Rațiu Romania Johnny Sola
SCM Gloria Buzău Buzău, Buzău Stadionul Prinț Ghică 1,000 Romania Mugur Preda South Africa Michael Scheepers

Table

This is the regular season league table:

Key to colours in group tables
     Advances to play-off semifinals.
     Advances to play-out semifinals.
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1CSM București141202462198+2641058
2Timișoara Saracens141103418240+1781054
3Știința Baia Mare141013488201+2841153
4Steaua București141013444223+253951
5Tomitanii Constanța144010179440-286218
6Gloria Buzău143011197387-190416
7Dinamo București142111239441-222212
8U Cluj-Napoca142111229477-248212

Fixtures & Results

Round 1

8 September 2018
11:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)52–11ACS Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
8 September 2018
17:00
CSM București (1 BP)38–9CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 2

15 September 2018
11:00
SCM Buzău (1 BP)31–13CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
15 September 2018
11:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca13–49CSM București (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
15 September 2018
11:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța17–48CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca

Round 3

22 September 2018
11:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)61–7SCM Buzău
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
22 September 2018
11:00
CSM București (1 BP)50–5ACS Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 4

29 September 2018
11:00
SCM Buzău12–7CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP)
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
29 September 2018
11:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)15–19CSA Steaua București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
29 September 2018
14:30
ACS Tomitanii Constanța17–13CS Dinamo București (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca

Round 5

6 October 2018
11:00
CSA Steaua București (1 BP)31–10SCM Buzău
Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
6 October 2018
11:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca9–3ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
6 October 2018
17:00
CSM București26–14CSM Știința Baia Mare
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 6

13 October 2018
16:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca7–42CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
27 October 2018
13:00
CSM București (1 BP)40–14SCM Buzău
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 7

20 October 2018
12:00
SCM Buzău20–6ACS Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica

Round 8

16 March 2019
10:00
SCM Buzău (1 BP)18–19Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
30 March 2019
09:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța5–49CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
30 March 2019
09:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca18–36CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu

Round 9

6 April 2019
09:00
CSM București33–8CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Stadionul Olimpia
6 April 2019
09:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare20–16Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ

Round 10

13 April 2019
09:00
SCM Buzău6–36CSM Știința Baia Mare
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
13 April 2019
09:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța8–39CSM București
Stadionul Mihail Naca
13 April 2019
09:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca13–24CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu

Round 11

20 April 2019
09:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca26–16SCM Buzău
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
01 May 2019
09:00
CSM București21–16Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 12

25 April 2019
09:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)35–30CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
26 April 2019
09:00
SCM Buzău16–31CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
26 April 2019
09:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)31–19CSM București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ

Round 13

4 May 2019
12:00
SCM Buzău14–33CSM București (1 BP)
Stadionul Prinț Ghică
4 May 2019
12:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)31–12CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ

Round 14

11 May 2019
12:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)20–15SCM Buzău (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
11 May 2019
12:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca22–40Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
11 May 2019
12:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)45–14CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
11 May 2019
12:00
CSM București (1 BP)28–12CSA Steaua București
Stadionul Olimpia

Play-off semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 at Stadionul Olimpia and Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu respectively.

1CSM București1722CSA Steaua București
2Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT3035CSM Știința Baia Mare

Third place final Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Rulmental.

1CSM București2019Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT

First place final

1CSA Steaua București2224CSM Știința Baia Mare

Play-out semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 at Stadionul Mihai Naca and Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica respectively.

1ACS Tomitanii Constanța2240CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
2SCM Buzău1116CS Dinamo București

Seventh place final Both finals were held on 26 May 2019, 1 week and 1 day after the semi-finals at Stadionul Olimpia.

1ACS Tomitanii Constanța1214SCM Buzău

Fifth place final

1CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca2217CS Dinamo București
  • (in Romanian) www.super-liga.ro – Official website

References

  1. ↑ Știința Baia Mare Știința Baia Mare win their first title in five years against CSA Steaua București, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Luke Samoa Luke Samoa is this seasons` top point scorer with 163 points, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Taliaʻuli Sikuea Talia`uli Siukea is this seasons` top try scorer with 13 tries, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Objectives of the 8 teams that will participate in 2018–2019 edition of the CEC Bank SuperLiga". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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